Investing.com – Finland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 fell 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were UPM-Kymmene Oyj (HE:UPM1V), which rose 0.75% or 0.17 points to trade at 22.89 at the close. Orion Oyj B (HE:ORNBV) added 0.36% or 0.15 points to end at 41.95 and Stora Enso Oyj R (HE:STERV) was up 0.25% or 0.025 points to 9.965 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (HE:NOKIA), which lost 4.91% or 0.232 points to trade at 4.496 in late trade. Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) declined 1.50% or 0.076 points to end at 4.984 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) shed 1.49% or 0.53 points to 35.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 53 and 19 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.21% or 0.66 to $55.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.12% or 0.59 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.55 to trade at $1130.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0445, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.8496.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 103.02.